The end?

Isobel POV

Without turning back, not allowing me to take a last glance at the peril in that building.

The smell of blood, fear, and death clouded the air.

Becca pulls me along, my feet reluctantly trudging in the bush.

I want to go back in there... To save him... To save Javier, protect him just like he'd protected me.

"He won't want you there," Becca snaps, not stopping to take a look at me, but keep dragging me along with her. "The thread lost its power. If he sees you, he'll pluck out your heart"

I look down at my finger... Now with no tiny thread.

It's gone, and everything will be back to normal, but I still want to go back there, to find him...

He's shielded me against his family, his people. He's gone against them just to protect me.

Then what did I do? I left him to his death... Alone... To be killed by the enemies.

"Stop thinking about that!" Becca stops to face me, angrily glaring at me. "You're grossing me out!"

"Stop reading my mind then!"

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